A tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
BIG BOYZ BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings
BIG BOYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
Q McB's BBQ
Q McB's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 13th of 13 at the Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off (2025). They are ranked #5743 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Q McBs Bbq”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1445
peak 1445 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 23, 2019
latest Aug 28, 2026 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±76.05
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.57 · weakest Brisket (147.61)
Road miles
325
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 81 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$53K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
587.25 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1065 (60 pts) | #1141 (60 pts) | #1203 (60 pts) | #1111 (60 pts) | #1102 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Q McB's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
87 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,750 of the rated field
- Contests
- 41
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 2%
- Peak
- 1444
1–4 in 5 shared contests (20% to Q McB's BBQ)
These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — BIG BOYZ BBQ ahead 4–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,747 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Q McB's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,757 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Q McB's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
Level with Q McB's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Q McB's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIG BOYZ BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 149.7028 | 156.34 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8800 | 153.1316 | 164.57 | top 66% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 144.5832 | 151.64 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1316 | 134.1944 | 147.61 | top 93% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 93% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Pitmaster Classic | 3 | 28 | 0 | top 92% | Aug 28, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MT
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
90
finished ahead 10 times, behind 133
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
Aug 23, 2019 → Jul 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
20254 milestones
- First call Montana Pitmaster Classic
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Career-best overall score642.8348 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8800 Montana Pitmaster Classic
20192 milestones
- First tracked contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Peak power rating (1485) Montana Pitmaster Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.8 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 23, 2019 |
| -14.3 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off | Jul 5, 2025 |
| -9.5 | Montana BBQ Cookoff | Jun 12, 2026 |
| -8.5 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 22, 2025 |
| -8.4 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 28, 2026 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 89.1% | 85.8% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 93% | 89.3% | 87.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 61% | 61% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 36 / 39 (641.6112) | 37 (157.6912) | 30 (167.4172) | 32 (162.2628) | 36 (154.2400) |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 28 / 29 (594.1716) | 28 (149.7028) | 27 (153.1316) | 28 (147.3944) | 28 (143.9428) |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 33 / 38 (642.8348) | 36 (162.2400) | 1 (178.8800) | 37 (144.5832) | 31 (157.1316) |
| Jul 5, 2025 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT | 13 / 13 (618.2284) | 13 (154.8456) | 12 (158.8456) | 12 (156) | 13 (148.5372) |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 28 / 29 (439.3828) | 18 (157.2112) | — | 22 (147.9772) | 27 (134.1944) |